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CONDENSER WINDING MACHINE Filed May 18, 1949 15 Sheets-Sheet l5 Patented Oct. 19, 1954 CONDENSER WINDING MACHINE Menard J. Watson, Aux Sable Township, Grundy County, Ill., assigner to Solar Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, Ill.

Application May 18, 1949, Serial No. 93,991

1s claims. 1

The present invention relates to condenser winding machines and is specifically directed to the provision of an auto-matic, high-speed production machine for winding condensers of the coiled foil and paper type.

As conducive to a clear understanding of the invention, it is noted that a condenser winding machine of the above type is normally entirely automatic in operation and should require no attention other than the replacement of the reels of paper and foil when exhausted, where a single mechanical failure, such as the breaking of one of the strips of foil, goes unnoticed for a long period of time, an utterly worthless product may be produced With resultant serious loss of material and time.

Where automatic Winding mechanisms also are not adjustable to produce various sizes and capacities of condensers as required, and lack uniformity in the completed product, the machine is not flexible in operation and since condensers are acceptable in the trade only if held toi quite close limits of tolerance as to capacity, any uncontrolled capacity deviation may so radically alter the capacity of the finished condensers that they fail to meet specifications and are worthless..

It is accordingly among the objects of the invention to provide a condenser Winding machine wherein the mechanisms utilized to feed the strips of foil and dielectric material to the winding arbor are capable of handling this fragile material at unusually high speed, yet Without imposing strains on the sheets nor allowing them to become entangled, which machine will operate over long periods of time Without likelihood of mechanical failure and with assurance that the resultant products produced `will be entirely uniform, and which may readily be adjusted to produce various sizes and capacities of condensers as desired.

Where the condenser webl is not maintained under constant tension and is moved forwardly by a stepping or intermittent motion, the foil strip is likely to break upon the impact due to such intermittent motion. Where there is a period of idleness after the Winding of one condenser and before the .Winding of the next, the machine is not eiiicient in operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of the above type in which the condenser Webis maintained continuously under a light tension and is moved forwardly in. a substantially constant motion and in which there is no period of idleness during winding of succes sive condensers With resultant eilicient operar tion of the machine.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine having the characteristics described above, together with an automatic speed control mechanism so designed that the winding arbor rotates at the fastest practicable speed at all times; with the rate of acceleration and deceleration controlled according to a scientiiically determined speed curve at which the most suc cessful operation of the device is attained, yet with the mechanism so arranged as to maintain the optimum conditions of acceleration and deceleration with either small or large capacity condensers.

According to the invention the condenser winding machine includes a foil and paper supply adapted to feed strips of metal foil into interleaved relationship With strips of dielectric material and to transfer the webI thus formed successively to either of the twoy winding arbors on which a coil of the web will be wound. The arbors of the machine Work as a pair, but are located on opposite stations of a rotatable turret; so that the Winding of one arbor progresses as the turret turns to carry the arbor in orbital movement to the opposite station. As the arbor reaches the second station a taut span of the foil and paper web from which the condenser is then being Wound is drawn directly across the following arbor. This arbor i-s slotted and is indexed with its slot conforming to the plane of the condenser web, so that it may be advanced t0 engage the web in the slot prior to the cornpletion of the winding on the arbor preceding, An automatic mechanism then functions to simultaneously start the rotation of the following arbor and cut the Web at a point betweenthe two arbors, so that the winding of one condenser is begunbefore the one preceding it is glued or stripped from its arbor. These operations are automatically done after the Winding on the following arbor has been started.

A novel foil scoring and severing device is pro vided whereby the foil entering the Web in interleaved relationship between the dielectric paper sheets is weakened at a predetermined point, so that the foil sheet may be severed after it has passed into interleaved relationship with the paper of the web. This also accomplishes a double function. First, it provides a gap in the foil of the web- 'so When the web is cut off the paper sheetsl of dielectric material will overlap both ends of foil plates and prevent any possibility of short-circuiting between these plates. In addition it leaves the leading edge of the foil strips frictionally engaged in interleaved relationship with the paper strips of the web, so that the paper supports the foil and the frictional engagement of the paper strips on the foil will positively lead the foil into the next winding.

The manner in which the foregoing objects are accomplished in the present invention is best described in conjunction with the drawings of this specification, wherein the present preferred commercial embodimentl of these teachings is illustrated. -In .the drawings:

Figure ;1 is a front-,elevational view of a condenser winding machine according to these teachings;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a plan sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the-line-i3-3 of `Figure 1;

Figure l is a fragmental A,plan sectional view taken substantially on the plane of line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a rear elevational viewof the arbor turret of the machine, showing the driving'and indexing devices of the aturret and foil severiner mechanisms;

FigureG lis an enlarged detailsectional view of the frontof the winding arbor turret and foil severing mechanisms. The viewis taken substantially on the plane ,of line 6-16Yof-'Figure 4;

Figure 7,is adiagrammatic illustration of the operationof the foil severing mechanism, showing the manner` inwhich the foil is severed and spaced away from the end edges of the dielectric sheet;

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic illustration similar to Figure '7 but showing the operation of Y,the paper cut-off knife; .and

Figure 9 is .another diagrammatic illustration of the operation of the mechanism shownat the point at which the finished condensers :are `stripped from the winding arbors;

Figure 10 is a central sectional .view ofthe arbor turret vtaken through the center lines of each of the arbors;

Figure 11 is a detail sectionalviewtaken transversely of the turret and substantially on the Yplane of theline Il-II of Figures ,2, 4'and10;

VFigure 12 is a detailsectional view taken substantially on the plane'of the line l2-l2 of Figure l0;

Figure 13 is an enlarged-'detail-view of one of the split winding arbors ofthe machine showing the manner in which the stripping plate is positioned betweenV the arbor pins to releasethenished condensers from the pins when the arbor is retracted.

Figure 14 is a detail sectional'view takensubstantially-on the plane of the line lll-I4 of'Figure 10;

Figure 15 is a detail sectional viewtaken substantially on the plane-of the line l5-I5 of Figure 14;

Figure 16 isa rear view-of the turret'mechanism and is taken substantially on the plane of line IS-l E of Figures 2 and 4;

Figure'l'l is a side'elevational'view ofthe timing and speed control unitof the machine;

Figure 18 isa sectional View thereof, taken'on the plane of the line IS-IB of Figures Zand 17; and

Figure 19 is a sectional viewthrough the timing and speed control mechanism,itaken substantially on the plane of line |9I9 ofFigurel'.

The cabinet and frame of the machine rI-he machine includes-a cabinet generally indicated by the ordinallll, with a framework including four angle iron uprights Hto'support a `top plate I2 and face plate I3 on which the prinand speed control mechanism generally indicated at Il are mounted. A driving motor 30 is mounted on a base shelf of the cabinet and acts through a iiexible belt I8 to drive the power in- ;putshaft i9 of the automatic speedvchanger. 'The output shaft 2l ofthe automatic speed changer drives the manually operable speed changer by means of a chain 22 extending between the sprockets 23 and 24. The driving ratio of the-manually operable speed changer is controlled by a hand knob 25 located on the control unitZi on the outside of the cabinet and connected to the speed changer unit through a iiexible shaft 21, and the power output shaft 28 ofthe unit carries a sprocket 2S, from which a chain-drive extends to the mechanism employed to score and sever the foil of the condensers.

The foil and parer 'Supply The face plate i3. in the machine carries a plurality of spool mounting spindles, each provided with a light friction drag andeach adaptedto mount a reel of metal'foil or paper dielectric material. In the machine illustrated, provision is made for utilizing as many'as twelve separate layers of paper dielectric in addition to the foil plates, in order that'the machine be adapted to produce a condenser of the precise characteristics desired; but the operation will be described in connection with a condenser in -which the web consists of six layers; `with two strips of paper between the foil strips and a single thickness on each side, so that when the winding is completed the successive turns of foil are also spaced from each other by two thicknesses of paper. To this end supply reels FI and F2 of foil are positioned on the spindles 3l and l32 while paper supply reels Pi, P2, P3 and Pfl are mounted on the spindles 33, 34, 35 and' 3E, respectively.

AThe paper strips from the reels'Pl and P3 lare fed between idler rolls`3l,'38 and`39lto the turret arbor, generally indicated at lil. The paper from the reels P2 and Pit is also drawn over idlers 42 and i3 to meet the paper from the reels PI and P3 as the four layers pass between the idler rolls 39.

The foil strips from the reels Fl and F2 are passed over-the idlers M and 45v and through foil scoring and severing devices, includingithe yieldable rubber surface rolls 4t andthe scoring and foil grasping rolls '41. The foilis then led over the lowermcst idler rolls 39, where it is interleaved between the strips ofvpaper, with the foil from the reel Fl between the paper strips from the reelsPI and P2 andthe foil from thereel F2 between the paper stripsfrom the rolls P3 and P4. It will be understood by persons acquainted in the art that the paper strips will normally be in exact alignment with each other'but'that the twofoil strips will be oppositely offset; so that one strip of foil projects beyond the edges of the paper dielectric at one side of the web and the other strip of foil projects beyond the edges of the `paper on the other side. This is, of course, conventional practice for the purpose of providing a condenser terminal along the edge of each plate, as well as to space the opposite edges of the foil inwardly from the edge of the dielectric enough to prevent contact between the two foil plates.

The turret turret by which they are carried is best illustrated in Figures 4 to 6 and 10 to '15, inclusive, where it will be seen that the turret consists of a rotary frame having a flanged forward rotor 52 journaled for rotation in the bearing .block 53 and a circular rear rotor 54 also journaled for rotation in a rear bearing casting 55 (Fig. l0). The rotors 52 and 54 are rigidly connected to each other by means of a pair of longitudinally extending shafts 56, each of which has ai reduced end portion 5'! extending into a bore of the rotor at each end of the turret and iixedly mounted therein in any convenient manner, as by a plug 58 secured in position by a threaded cap screw 59 (Fig, 15). Thus the forward rotor 52 and rear rotor 54 of the turret are locked together so that the entire turret is rotatable as a unit in the bearings 53 and 55. A retaining bar 50 secured to the forward face of the bearing 53 overhangs the forward rotor 52 of the turret to hold it against longitudinal shifting in its bearings (Figures 6 and 10). This bar also supports a forwardly extending guide bar 60 by which the web is positioned directly over the center of the upper arbor 5|.

The winding arbors The winding arbors 5| of the turret are mounted on opposite centers, and each arbor is carried by paired ball bearings 62 spaced apart in the opposite arbor bores 63 of the rotor 52 by tubular spacers. The bearings 52 each carry an arbor mounting sleeve 54 the forward end of which is closed by a perforated plug 55. The sleeves `trl are each keyed to a retractable sleeve or tubular shaft Si in which the arbor itself is mounted.

The arbors each comprise a pair of substantially identical half round pins 58 mounted in a plug tting 69 keyed in the sleeve 6l by the cross pin 7| and projecting outwardly through the openings in the perforated plugs 55 at the forward end of the sleeves 64. The sleeves El are slidable within the sleeves 54, so that the pins 68 of the arbor may be rotated with the rotation of the sleeves 6l and 64, but may be withdrawn into the sleeve E4 as shown in the upper portion of Figure l0, so that a condenser wound on the arbor may be dislodged therefrom by spring l0 as shown in Fig. 9, or projected outwardly through the plug 65, as Shown in the lower position. The arbor pins 58 are separated in the plug 65 by a thin stripping plate 66 placed between them and secured to the plug 55.

When in projected position, the outwardly flared forward end surfaces of the arbor pins 68 engage a pointed needle 8| carried by an adjusting screw 82 and ball bearing B3 on the tail stock casting 84. This tail stock casting is mounted on a central extension bracket 85 having a cylindrical pilot rod 85 extending into a center bore 9i' of the rotor 52 of the turret. The tail stock is secured in position on the face of the turret rotor by a face plate 88 pinned to the shaft .by taper pin 89 and secured to the forward face of the rotor 52 by a pair of cap screws 9| (Fig. 6).

The arbors are thus independently mounted for longitudinal sliding movement, as well as for rotation on their own centers and for orbital movement around the centers of the turret so that the arbors may be advanced to engage the web of foil and paper as the winding is started, and retracted to strip the condenser from the arbor when the winding has been completed.

The means for rotating the arbors includes the driving spindels 95, which are telescoped into the sleeves 61 and extend asfar forwardly as the sleeves 64. The rearward end of these spindles rotate in the ball bearings 96 and bear against the thrust bearings 91. The forward end of each of these spindles is keyed to the sleeve 61 by a collar 98 in which a pair of keys 99 are secured. These keys extend through thewalls of the sleeve 61 and ride in the longitudinal keyways of the spindle 95 (Fig. 12).

The arbor driving mechanism The arbors are driven through a central drive shaft |0| common to both arbors and mounted in ball bearings |02 and. |03. The shaft has a sprocket |04 on its outer end and a pinion |06 on its inner end. The pinion meshes with a pair of spur gears |01 carried on the rotatable housings of a pair of clutches |08 on the arbor spindles 9 5, so that when these clutches are engaged the spindles and arbors are driven from the shaft |0|. The clutches |08 are of the indexing type, so that whenever either clutch is disengaged the corresponding arbor will always come to rest in the same angular position with respect to the turret.

The clutches |08 are controlled by a pair of toggle knuckles each of which is separately pivoted on one of the studs ||2 carried on the outer end of an extension bracket |I3 mounted on the shafts 56 of the turret frame (Fig. '11). The toggle knucklesA each include a latch hook I|4 adapted to engage the stop dog ||5 on its corresponding clutch to stop the arbors. The two knuckles are interconnected by a coiled wire tension spring H6, which moves across the center of the pivot stud ||2 when either clutch is engaged or disengaged, sothat the toggle knuckles will maintain themselves either in the engaged position shown in the upper right hand portion of Figure 1l, or the disengaged position shown in the lower lefthand portion of the same figure. The knuckles Iii each carry a disengaging roller lil mounted on a rearwardly extending pin IIB and adapted tof engage a segmental cam 9 as the turret rotates, so that the rotary motion of each of the spindles 95 and winding arbors is arrested as the turret moves in a clockwise direction beyond the position shown in Figure ll. The cam H9 may be mounted in any convenient manner, preferably being secured to the rear bearing casting 55 of the turret arbor by cap screws |2|.

The clutches |08 are engaged by outward movement of the piston rod |94 of the air cylinder |9I, which rocks the shaft |24 and releases the toggle knuckles. To this end each of the knuckles is provided with a forwardly extending pin U22, and a clutch tripping arm |23 is mounted on a rock shaft H24 in such a manner that (in Figure 11) clockwise movement of the rock shaft will cause the arm |23 to strike the pin |22 and pivot the knuckle around the stud ||2 to release the latch hook ||4 from the stop dog 5 of its clutch. The pivotal movement of the knuckle ii causes the tension spring H5 to move across the center of the pivot stud l2, so that the spring then holds the knuckle latch hook away from the clutch, and leaves the clutch engaged until the turrent has moved around to the cam l I9.

The arbor retractzng mechanism The winding arbors 68 are slidably mounted, so that they may be extended to the live centers 7 of; thev tail stock to engage the condenser` web prior to winding, and automatically withdrawn into the arbor sleeves of the turret when the winding is completed, in order to strip the iinished condensers from the arbor pins. The retracting movementl of the arbors is accomplished by a stationary cam, arranged to retract either of a pair of slide rods mounted parallel to the arbor spindles and connected to them, as best shown in Figures 4 and 14. The cam |3| is of helical form` and is fastened to the rear surface of the forward turrent bearing 53 by cap screws |32 extending through the flange |33 of the cam. The cam |3| is thus positioned immediately behind the rear faceY of the turret rotor 52 so that the lower end |34 of the cam will lie in the path of movement of the cam follower rollers |35 carried on studs |36 in a tting |31 pinned to the slide shafts |38 by a dowel |39. The fittings |31 each include a yoke |4| engaging the rotatable collar 98 on one of the arbor driving spindles 95 so that rotation of the turret in its indexing movement will cause the cam follower rollers |35 to strike the lower leadingedge |34 of the stationary cam |3| and ride upwardly and rearwardly on the cam surface. This causes the lower slide rod |38 to move rearwardly, and the yoke 14| extending between the rod and the lower arbor spindle acts through the rotatable collar to shift the sleeve 61 rearwardly within the sleeve 64 and draw the arbor pins 66 inwardly through the aperture in the plug 65. The inward movement of the arbor pins naturally tends to draw the coiled condenser in- Wardly, but the condenser is stripped from the pins 68 by the thin plate 66 mounted between them. The finished condensers normally fall from the arbor pins into a delivery receptacle, but a spring arm 10 is mounted on the plate 50 and extended across the path of motion of the arbors to dislodge any coils that might accidentally stick to the arm or stripping plate. The retracting movement of the arbor is accomplished against the coiled compression spring |42, but return movement of the arbor is prevented by the operation of one of the latch arms |43 which are pivoted on pins |44 extended between mounting brackets |45 on each of the shafts 56 of the turret. These latch arms are drawn toward the slide shafts |30 by a single coiled tension spring |46 which extends between the opposite latches. When the shafts |36 are moved rearwardly by the cam |3|, the latching collars |41 xed to the shaft move to a point behind the latch arms |43 and are engaged by the latches so that the slide shaft, arbor sleeve and arbor are all latched in retracted position, where they remain after the cam follower rollers |35 leave the upper end |48 of the cam |3|. The arbor pins are thus automatically retracted and latched by the rotation of the machine turret. The rock shaft |24 (Figure 4) is notched at |59 so that the outwardly extending trip portions |52 of the latch arms |43 clear the shaft during the rotation of the turret.

The arbor advancing means The arbors are disengaged from their retracting latches automatically by the functioning of a solenoid |49 (Figure 4) which acts through a lever |5| to strike the outwardly extending trip portion |52 of the latch lever |43. This pivots the latch lever on the pin |44, releasing the slide rod |38 and fitting |31 for forward movement, which will be caused by the influence of the previously compressed spring |42. The forward movement of the slide rod and arbor sleeve 61 projects thearbor pins.`68 forwardly*through the opening inthe plug 66 of the arbor mounting, moving the arbor pins into engagement with the web of foil and paper. As the arbor pins 60 advance, the indexing action of the arbor clutch |00Y will hold the pins indexed with the slot between them in vertical position, so that the pins pass on opposite sides of the paper and foil web, and seat in the live center of the tail stock so that the arbor is ready for rotation. It is desirable to cushion the forward movement of the arbors, however, and each slide rod |38 is accordingly provided with a leather cup washer |55 fitted into a bore |56 of the turret rotor 52. The forward end of these bores |56 are closed by vented plugs |51, so that the bore acts as a dashpot or air cushion, to retard the forward movement of the parts sufliciently to prevent damage to the arbor pins. The slide rod |38 is grooved at |58 to allow air to flow unrestrictedly into the dashpot on the rearward stroke of the rod.

From the above it will be seen that the arbors are withdrawn by the action of the cam |3| when the turret indexes through one-half a revolution of movement from the positions shown, but that the upper arbor is maintained in retracted position until the latch |43 is tripped by the solenoid |49 acting through the lever I5 The turret drive The rotary movement of the turret is accomplished rby a driving motor |6| which acts through a reduction gearing within the motor housing to rotate a power output shaft |62, which carries a sprocket |63. The sprocket |63- transmits rotary movement through a chain |64 and driven sprocket |65 to a countershaft |10 positioned parallel with but spaced away from the turret. The countershaft |10 carries a single revolution clutch |66 by which the shaft is coupled to a sprocket |61 over which a chain |68 extends to the driven sprocket |69 at the rear of the turret assembly. The clutch |66r has a stop shoulder |1| (Figure 16) adapted to 'be engaged by a latch arm |12 pivotally mounted on a stud |13 xed in the rear arbor bearing. The arm |12 is urged into engagement with the stop shoulder of the clutch by coiled tension spring |14. The stud |13 also carries a latch arm |15 adapted to engage the stop surfaces |16 of an indexing plate |11 which is secured to andvrigidly assembled with the rear rotor 54 of the turret.

The turret driving sprocket |66 is rotatably mounted on the hub |18 of the indexing plate |11 and a plurality of studs |8| are fixed in the plate to extend through arcuate slots |62 in the sprocket to provide limited relative rotation between the sprocket and the indexing plate. The studs IBI are joined to corresponding studs |83 on the sprocket by coiled tension springs |84, so that spring tension is exerted between the sprocket and the indexing plate.

When the clutch |66 on the countershaft |10 is engaged, the shaft moves through one revolution of movement before the stop shoulder |1| engages the arm |12 to disengage the clutch. The shaft |10 is, however, locked against return motion by the engagement of the spring urged latch |85 with the latching disc |06 on the end of the shaft. 'Ihe rotary motion of the countershaft |10 is transmitted to the turret through the sprocket |61, chain |68, and sprocket |69, and since the sprockets |61 and |69 are of one to two ratio the single revolution of movement of the countershaft results in half a revolution of the turret.

The motion of the turret is arrested at the precise point desired by engagement of the indexing arm |15 with one of the stops |16 on the indexing plate; but the parts are so related that the sprocket |59 is drawn a few degrees beyond this point before clutch |66 disengages. This continued movement of the sprocket |69 after the turret has ceased its motion extends the springs 84 enough that the tension of these springs holds the stop surface |16 of the turret indexing plate |11 firmly against the arm |15, thus indexing the turret to the precise position desired. The spring urged latch |85 and latch disc |86 prevent any backward rotation of the shaft and thus hold the upper span of the chain |68 taut, so that all of these parts remain in this position until the next indexing movement of the turret.

The indexing of the turret is accomplished by simultaneously releasing the indexing plate |11 and engaging the countershaft clutch |66, so that the clutch and countershaft make a full revolution of movement and rotate the turret 180 degrees. This indexing is initiated by the upward stroke of an air cylinder |9| having its lower end pivoted to a bracket |92 on the base plate i2 of the machine at a point adjacent the rear bearing 55 of the turret. The piston shaft |94 of the air cylinder has a clevis |95 joined to the lever |96 by a pin |91. The lever |96 is pivoted on a stud |98 in the rear bearing 55 of the turret, and has its opposite end joined to an adjusting tting |99 by a pivot 26|. The fitting |99 carries a clevis 292 having a screw threaded shank 203 and a pair of adjusting nuts 264 and 295 so that the cross pin 206 of the clevis 202 is adjustably joined to the outer end of a short crank 201 fixed to the rear end of the rock shaft |24 previously described.

The rock shaft also carries a latch tripping plate 298 having a dog 299 adapted to engage the retractable dog 2| of the indexing arm |15. The dog 2|| is pivoted on a cross pin 2|2 extending between spaced flanges on the indexing arm and a coiled compressing spring l2 i3 is positioned in a socket below the operating end of the dog to normally maintain it in the position shown in Figure 5. From a comparison of this figure and Figure 16 it will be seen that in the operation of these parts the clockwise rotation of the shaft |24 will cause the dog 299 to engage the retractable dog 2|| and release the latch arm |15. Since the arm |15 carries an adjustable set screw 2 |4 adapted to bear on the upper surface of the latch arm |12, they will both be released in response to clockwise rotation of the rock shaft |24, but the latch |15 will release the turret an instant before the latch |12 allows the clutch |66 to engage. Thus both the clutch |66 and the locking plate |16 of the turret will be released to permit the turret to rotate. It is to be noted, however, that the continued clockwise movement of the dog 269 overrides the end of the retractable dog I2H, whereupon the coiled tension springs |14 and 2 |5 act to return the latch arms |15 and |12 to operating position. On the outward stroke of the air cylinder, however, shaft |24 moves in a counter-clockwise direction, so the dog 209 will snap the retractable dog 2| I downwardly against the spring 2 |3 as it returns to its original position.

The rock shaft |24 extends forwardly from this turret indexing mechanism to the front panel of the machine, Where it performs the functions of releasing the brake of the foil scoring 10 and severing rollers, actuating the paper cut-off knife and the glue applicator, and engaging the arbor clutches.

The foil scoring and severing devices The foil scoring and severing rollers, best illustrated in Figures 6 to 9, consist of two pair of coacting rolls, each of the opposite and identical pairs including a rubber surfaced roll 46 and a cooperating scoring and foil grasping roll 41. The entire cluster of rolls is driven from the speed reducer |6 (Figure 1) through a flexible chain 23| extending upwardly to a sprocket 232 on a countershaft 233 mounted in brackets 234 immediately above the shaft |10. The shaft 233 carries a sprocket 235 which operates through a chain 236 extending to a sprocket 231 to rotate a clutch 238 on the shaft 239 of one of the scoring and foil grasping rolls 41. The shaft 239 and its corresponding shaft 24| are geared together by a pair of spur gears 242 and 243 (Figure 2), and each of the shafts 239 and l24| are geared to the corresponding shafts 244 and 245 of the rubber surfaced rolls 46'by the spur gears 246, 241 and 248, 249 respectively. The clutch 238 includes a stop dog 25| (Fig. 5) which, in the normal operating position of the machine, engages the end of a rocker arm 252 so that the cluster of rolls 46 and 41 are held against rotation and in the position shown in Figure 6. The rocker arm 252 is mounted on a pivot stud 253, however, and has a spring 254 normally holding it against a stop pin 255, so that the end of the arm lies in the path of rotary movement of the stop dog 25|. The rocker arm is arranged to be moved out of the path of the dog 25| by the actuation of a solenoid 256, the motion of which is transmitted through a link 251 and rocker arm 258 to the arm 252. Thus when the solenoid is energized the link 251 is drawn downwardly to the pivot rocker arm 258 on its mounting stud 259 and to release the rocker arm y252 from engagement with the dog 25| on the clutch 238.

It has been mentioned earlier that the rolls 46 were provided with a resilient rubber surface and that the rolls 41 include means for scoring theA foil strip as it moves over the rolls toward the winding arbor and also include means to grasp the foil and exert a braking action thereon so that the tension on the foil would cause it to sever at the point where the scoring was done.

`To this end each of the rolls 41 includes a scoring or crimping bar 26| in which a plurality of projecting pins 262 are mounted, with the ends of the pins projecting slightly beyond the outer surface of the bar to a position wherein they engage and press into the rubber surfaces of the rolls 46 when the Cluster of scoring rolls rotates. It is understood that various forms and modications of precise scoring means disclosed here may be indulged in without departing from the spirit of this invention, but satisfactory results are obtained by the use of a row of pins 262 so that the several pins form a line of closely spaced indentations in the foil strip. The rolls 41 are each also provided with a foil grasping bar or segmental projection 253 projecting somewhat above the outer peripheral surface of the rolls, so that on rotation of the rolls to the position of Figure 7 the bar will engage the foil strip and hold it firmly against the rubber surface of the roll 46.

In operation the arm 252 normally holdsr the rolls 46 and 41 stationary and in the position illustrated in Fig. 6 so that the peripheral sur- 

